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Harry Einstein (May 6, 1904 – November 24, 1958), known professionally as Harry Parke and other pseudonyms, most commonly Parkyakarkus, was an American comedian, writer, and character actor.
27. Sept. 2021 · This is the full recording of comedian Harry "Parkyakarkus" Einstein's final moments on earth. On November, 23, 1958, he took the stage at the Friars Club Roast of Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz and...
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2. Dez. 2018 · Harry Einstein, a.k.a. Harry Parke. It was a joyous night on Nov. 23, 1958. The Friars Club inducted two new members: Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, the ultra-famous wife-and-husband team that created I Love Lucy. But the evening rapidly turned tragic 10 minutes into the main act.
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28. Dez. 2018 · Comedian, writer, and character actor Harry “Parkyakarkus” Einstein (1904-1958) got his first break on national radio in 1934. His popularity snowballed, and by 1945 he was writing and performing his own show, Meet Me at Parky’s, on NBC.
He was also known as Harry Einstein, according to Art Linkletter’s 1960 memoir, Confessions of a Happy Man. Parke was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Charles Einstein, a pawnbroker from Austria, and Sarah, who was born in Russia.
Born in Boston, he started out in vaudeville and nightclubs as a dialect comedian, often billed as Harry Parke. During the 1930s he was known to millions of radio listeners as Parkyakarkus, a florid Greek lunch counter proprietor who delighted in mangling the English language.
Biography. Harry Einstein (May 6, 1904 – November 23, 1958), known professionally as Harry Parke and other pseudonyms, most commonly Parkyakarkus (or a close variant) was an American comedian, writer, and character actor. He was also the father of comedians and actors Albert Brooks and Bob Einstein (aka Super Dave Osborne).
